for anything paul ryan has it. pass the readiness test his aides incyst. thoroughly vetted and dialed in the mitt romney fundraising machine. he has the apparatus to run, they say, but add he hasn't yet thought about it. in the next year, three big figures, rob potman, chris christie and marco rubio awful with star power but rubio has extra juice says karl rove. >> hubie browmarco rubio is best communicator, latino and from a battleground state. >> iowa is on his agenda. his spokesman told fox news it's too soon to think about 2016. >> he is focused on work in the senate. christie said he was too busy with sandy to think about this woke's election let alone '16. >> move forward in our recovery efforts. >> strong women could populate the republican field. kelly ayotte of new hampshire. nikki haley and martinez. bobby jindal, bob mcdonald amend scotand scott walker. watch who knows to battl battleground. >> candidates that spend a lot of time in iowa, new hampshire, south carolina, in 2013 and '14 are making a mistake. >> on the democratic side, joe biden could take one more shot though

committee chairman paul ryan. ryan said the treasury department announced the deficit for october, suggesting that 2013 would be the fifth straight trillion-dollar deficit. mitch mcconnell says higher taxes won't solve that problem. >> this is partisan politics. this is not an option. raising tax rates would destroy 700,000 jobs >> reporter: on this day, the president met with labor and progressive leaders since the day after his re-election that he opposed cuts to medicare and social security benefits. >> the president is committed to making sure that the middle class and the workers are paying the tax for parties we didn't get to. >> reigning in cost of medicare and medicaid is essential to controlling the deficit. mr. obama offered $34 billion a year in savings. republicans don't think it's enough. and they're demanding to be part of the solution. >> the venters also -- the voters also have republican controlled house and closely divided senate. in a government of three equal branchs, that is hardly irrelevant. >> at the white house, despite the seeming impasse over the bush ta

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